If you have time the week/day/night before there are lots of recipes for energy balls/bars full of honey, oats, peanut butter, coconut, seeds, dried fruit, and chocolate. This is good, but makes a lot, so just make a part recipe to test it the first time.

Bananas are also good, but not as sustaining as the bars/balls. I do prefer a variety of foods on a long ride though. Also, potato chips are excellent late in the day, and/or beef jerky.

Mel wrote:[If you have time the week/day/night before there are lots of recipes for energy balls/bars full of honey, oats, peanut butter, coconut, seeds, dried fruit, and chocolate. This is good, but makes a lot, so just make a part recipe to test it the first time.

That link looks good! Imma gonna try it.

Peanut butter and jam sandwiches for me. Boiled Eggs and banana for snacks.

Enter a 12 hour. These give you the chance to experiment with food in a nice controlled environment.The first couple I did I was in so much pain, I found my biggest problem was eating to much and my body couldn't digest all the food I put in. At the 7 hour point my stomach would get really sore and I could hardly move.Eating little bits often is what I found worked for me, between 50- 70 grams of carbs per hour. Any more and I'd be doubled over at 7 hours. Stopping for a big meal at lunch time would come back to bite me later on. Just graze all day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG7bWKK9G7EI really like these, they seem to work for me, I ate a lot of them, day 1 of le petit.

noel_whiteside wrote:Enter a 12 hour. These give you the chance to experiment with food in a nice controlled environment.The first couple I did I was in so much pain, I found my biggest problem was eating to much and my body couldn't digest all the food I put in. At the 7 hour point my stomach would get really sore and I could hardly move.Eating little bits often is what I found worked for me, between 50- 70 grams of carbs per hour. Any more and I'd be doubled over at 7 hours. Stopping for a big meal at lunch time would come back to bite me later on. Just graze all day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG7bWKK9G7EI really like these, they seem to work for me, I ate a lot of them, day 1 of le petit.

Interesting... I find I fuel completely differently for 24's vs all day rides. Mostly liquid fuel on a lap event - as you say, a controlled environment and regular timing and reminders to eat. All day rides - and my one completed brevet - I find I need to shovel down as much food as I can, as often as I can! Mixing/carrying enough liquid fuel isn't practical, otherwise I would still stick to that. For me, the intensity is lower on a brevet, so I can cope with solid food. The higher end of your carb calculation equals roughly the number of calories I'd aim for on a 24. FWIW